AbstractID: 7918 Title: Shielding Design Workshop with Practical Problems I
Application of the structural shielding design techniques and goals as outlined in NCRP Reports 147: Structural Shielding Design for
Medical X-ray Imaging Facilities (2004) will be explored in this practical course. Actual facility designs will be used as examples
with particular calculations demonstrated for all types of x-ray imaging installations: Multi-Slice CT, radiographic and fluoroscopic
units. To meet the challenge of maintaining construction costs to a minimum while providing adequate radiation shielding protection
requires the physicist to utilize all available materials to reduce radiation exposure to surrounding personnel and the public.
Estimating future workloads as well as considering current workloads for radiographic/fluoroscopic equipment as the medical imaging
community transitions from a film/screen based world to a digital world can present challenges. Practical examples of these methods
of structural shielding designs will be explored in this course.
Educational Objectives:
1:
Understand the methods of calculation to be used for CT and radiographic/fluoroscopic installations in medical facilities.
2:
Understand the effectiveness of various shielding materials found in facilities to provide required structural shielding
necessary to reduce anticipated radiation exposure levels to acceptable limits.
3:
Understand the calculation of anticipated workloads for radiographic/fluoroscopic equipment and the effect of these
workloads on structural shielding evaluations.